David Sze
American businessman
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David Sze is an American entrepreneur, investor, and managing partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners. He is a member of the Northern Lights Venture Capital Board of Advisors and oversees Greylock’s investments in those funds.
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| Born | March 8, 1966 |
| Alma mater | Yale University, Stanford University |
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| Known for | Managing partner in venture capital firm Greylock Partners |
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He was named on Forbes's Midas List in 2013[1] and 2014. He is also a Trustee of Yale University and Rockefeller University.
Early life and education
Sze was born in Massachusetts in 1966. His father, Chia-Ming Sze, was an architect who moved to the United States from Shanghai at age four and his mother, Judy Mossman, was an Anglo-Scottish-Irish schoolteacher. He obtained a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University.[2]
Career
Excite, Inc.
Before joining Greylock Partners in 2000, Sze was SVP of Product Strategy at Excite and then Excite@Home. Sze's Prior roles at Excite included general manager of Excite.com and vice president of Content and Programming for the Excite Network.[3]
Greylock Partners
Sze joined Greylock in 2000 as a result of his involvement in consumer companies.[4] Greylock moved their headquarters from Boston to Silicon Valley’s Sand Hill Road.[5] Sze led early investments in companies including Facebook, Pandora, LinkedIn, Workday, and Palo Alto Networks.[4] In 2013, Sze and Reid Hoffman announced Greylock's 14th fund of $1 billion.[6]
Sze has previously invested in NOCpulse,[7] New Edge Networks, Oodle, Revision3, SGN, SoftCoin, VUDU, and Digg, all of which have been acquired by larger companies.[3]
Personal life
His sister is artist Sarah Sze.[8] His grandfather, Szeming Sze, helped establish the UN's World Health Organization.[citation needed]